FLOTSAM, or FLOTSAN

FLOTSAM, or FLOTSAN. A name for the goods which float upon the seawhen a ship is sunk, in distinction from Jetsam, (q. v.) and Legan. (q. v.) Bract. lib. 2, c. 5; 5 Co. 106; Com. Dig. Wreck, A Bac. Ab. Court of Admiralty, B.